Unfortunately, The World Continues, History Continues To

I Want My Work To Become Part Of Our Visual History, To Enter Our Collective Memory And Our Collective Conscience. I Hope It Will Serve To Remind Us That History's Deepest Tragedies Concern Not The Great Protagonists Who Set Events In Motion But The Countless Ordinary People Who Are Caught Up In Those Events And Torn Apart By Their Remorseless Fury. I Have Been A Witness, And These Pictures Are My Testimony. The Events I Have Recorded Should Not Be Forgotten And Must Not Be Repeated.

The Worst Thing Is To Feel That As A Photographer I Am Benefiting From Someone Else's Tragedy. This Idea Haunts Me. It's Something I Have To Reckon With Every Day Because I Know That If I Ever Allow Genuine Compassion To Be Overtaken By Personal Ambition, I Will Have Sold My Soul. The Only Way I Can Justify My Role Is To Have Respect For The Other Person's Predicament. The Extent To Which I Do That Is The Extent To Which I Become Accepted By The Other; And To That Extent, I Can Accept Myself.

Is It Possible To Put An End To A Form Of Human Behavior Which Has Existed Throughout History By Means Of Photography?

I'm Half Deaf. I Have Nerve Damage And A Constant Ringing In Both Of My Ears, And There Are Certain Times And Conditions When I Can Hardly Hear At All.

Many People In This World Do Jobs That Are Dangerous And Where Their Life Is At Risk And They Feel That There Is Some Kind Of Value To Their Job I Guess That's How I Feel About What I Do. There Is A Social Function To Documentary Photography That Is Very Important And It Requires People To Take Risks.